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Tom Lockyer Meets Medics Who Helped Save His Life As Luton Torn Return To Bournemouth

Lockyer, 29, was hospitalised for five days after his heart stopped for two minutes and 40 seconds in the Hatters바카라™ abandoned Premier League game at the Vitality Stadium on December 16, 2023

88 days on from the incident which rocked the game, Tom Lockyer met with the medical team who saved his life and was due to be presented to the crowd at half-time of Wednesday바카라™s game. Photo: John Walton/PA
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Tom Lockyer met medics who helped save his life as he returned to the scene of his on-pitch cardiac arrest for Luton바카라™s re-arranged meeting with Bournemouth. (More Football News)

Lockyer, 29, was hospitalised for five days after his heart stopped for two minutes and 40 seconds in the Hatters바카라™ abandoned Premier League game at the Vitality Stadium on December 16.

The Wales defender, subsequently fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, has since conceded it is 바카라œout of his hands바카라 if he will ever play again.

But, 88 days on from the incident which rocked the game, Lockyer met with the medical team who saved his life and was due to be presented to the crowd at half-time of Wednesday바카라™s game.

바카라œIt will be emotional going back and reliving that experience but we know we have to do it,바카라 said Luton manager Rob Edwards on Tuesday.

바카라œIt was a really difficult experience that we all went through. The main thing now is that Locks is OK and the silver lining is that some good will have come from it, with more awareness on CPR and the importance of knowing what to do in those emergency situations.바카라

A Bournemouth supporters바카라™ trust has raised more than ÂŁ2,000 to put on four coaches for Luton fans to make the 240-mile round-trip from Bedfordshire to the south coast.

There are also plans for a minute바카라™s applause in tribute to the medics who saved Lockyer.

바카라œThey are the true heroes,바카라 added Edwards. 바카라œIt is only football and there are more important things.

바카라œWhat those guys did in the most pressurised moment was incredible and they deserve all the attention and affection that they are going to get.바카라

Lockyer 바카라“ whose girlfriend gave birth to their first child, a daughter, at the end of last month 바카라“ also suffered a collapse during May바카라™s Championship play-off victory against Coventry and it remains uncertain if he will return to the pitch.

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바카라œIt is day-by-day at the moment,바카라 said Edwards. 바카라œHe will enter into a period of rehabilitation but that can take a long time, months, so it is one step at a time at the moment.

바카라œHe will be coming down (Wednesday), which is great. He has got bigger things on his mind with a new baby and he is in a position where that is his main focus right now.

바카라œWe would love to have him here on a weekly basis and for him to be around more and lean on his experiences and he will help us.

바카라œIt will be really nice for him to meet those heroes and the supporters and he will get a brilliant reception. That will be really nice for him but it will be emotional, too.바카라

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